How did the homestead act entice people to move west?

A) it arranged for native Americans, who knew the land to guide settlers on their journey west
B) they offered acres, a Freeland to settlers who were willing to farm
C) it limited poverty in the south by giving houses jobs and food to settle as willing to move west
D) set up reservations for Freed African-Americans after the Civil War

B) they offered acres of free land to settlers who were willing to farm